Lock.



H. MOLDEN.

LOCK.

APPLICATION ULY 3.1916. 1,241,754. Patented Oct. 2,1917.

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HARRY MOLDEN', OF SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, ASSIGNOR TO SARGENT & COMB-ANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION 0F CONNECTICUT.

LOCK.

Application filed July 3, 1916.

'1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY MoLnnN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in Sydney, Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to locks, and more particularly to those used on lockers, cupboards and the like, where a swinging catch is adapted to engage the dooror door jamb.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a locker lock in which the catch or other swinging element is adapted to be actuated by a pin tumbler lock in an improved manner, the construction being such that the key cannot be removed from the look while -the latter remains in the unlocked position.

It is aimed also to provide a very simple lock construction which is readily reversible so that it can be applied to a right hand door or a left hand door, as may be required.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed. l I

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a lock em bodying my improvements, showing it applied to the door of a locker;

F ig. 2 is a rear view of the parts shown in Fig. 1 with the swinging catch in the locking position;

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of F ig. 2;

Fig. t is a section on line I- l of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a section on line of Fig. 4, showing the position of 'the parts when the door is locked; and

Fig. 6 is a VieWsimilar to Fig. 5, showingthe position of the parts when the catch is in the unlocking position.

My improved locker lock consists primarily of two main parts: first, a pin tumbler cylinder lock or equivalent lock having a rotary key rod; and second, a swinging arm or catch for locking the door to the door jamb, adapted to be actuated by the key rod and having a suitable mounting. In the drawing, the lock 10 is shown as being of the usual rim cylinder type having the customary key plug 11 and pin tumblers 12. A key rod 13 attached to the rear end of the key plug 11 is adapted to engage a swinging catch or arm 14 mounted on a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

Serial No. 107,277.

plate 15. The cylinder lock 10 is mounted on the door 16 in a suitable bore 17, and the plate 15 is screwed or otherwise attached to the inside face of the door, as shown in Fig. 2. The key rod 13 slidably engages a hub 17 "fixed in the swinging catch 14. and journa led in the ,plate 15 to form the pivot for the catch. In this manner, the lock is adapted to doors of different thickness, he cause the key rod will operate the catch when it is positioned at various points in the length of the key rod, Thecatch 14. extends hm'izontally when in the locking position. and its outer-extremity 14 lies back of and in contact with the door jamb 18. As the door 16 is supposed to open outward, it will be obvious that in this position of the parts it will be prevented from opening. The free end 11 of the catch 11 is offset from the main portion of the catch so that it travels substantially in the plane of the mounting plate 15, and is adapted to hold the edge of the door in line with thecdge of the door jamb.

The mounting plate 15 is provided heneath the catch or arm 11 with a stop 19.

Thus, when the proper key is inserted into the lock 12 to release the key plug and the catch 14-, the latter can only be turned in one direction, viz., an upward direction. This moves the catch to the releasing position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. raising the catch to this position, the door jamb is disengaged and obviously the door can be readily pulled open. As the catch or arm 14 reaches this upright position, a shoulder 20011 a cap or washer 21 attached to the rear end of the key plug engages a stop 22 projecting rcarwardly from the lock '12 so as to prevent further movement of the catchmember. In this manner, the movement of the catch member is limited to a quarter rotation.

I'Vhen the key plug occupies the normal locking position with the pin tumblers in line with the tumbler sockets, the catch member occupies the locking position. Thus, when the key is inserted and turned to move the catch member a quarter turn to the releasing position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, it will be impossible to withdraw the key. In order to withdraw the key from the lock, it is necessary to return the key plug to the initial position, wherein the turnblers aline with the tumbler sockets, and

hence it will be understood that with my lock construction it will be impossible for a person to leave the catch inthe inoperagive position without leaving his key in the oor.

When the lock is to be applied to a door of opposite hand, or one swinging in the opposite direction, the cylinder lock 12 is properly positioned, and the catch 14 is swung into abutment with another stop 23 carried by'the lower part of the plate 15 in line with the stop 19, but at the opposite side. The catch 14: is then slipped over the key rod 13, and the plate 15 applied to the inner face of the door. In this case, the upward movement of the catch member incident to the unlocking of the lock is limited by a shoulder 24 on the washer 21 which is located at one'hundred and eighty degrees from the shoulder 20, and which is adapted to cooperate'with the stop lug 22 on the cylinder in an obvious manner.

It will be observed that the stop shoulders 24, 20 in connection with the stop lug 22 on the cylinder only permit the key rod to be turned through one hundred and eighty degrees relatively to the cylinder, and similarly the stops 19, 23 prevent the catch member 14 from turning more than one hundred and eighty degrees relatively to the mounting plate.

In the particular form shown, two screws 24?, connect the mounting plate with lateral. lugs 25 on the cylinder, as usual in night latch construction, and a screw 26 passes through the mounting plate into the wood of the door.

While I have described the look as applied to amovable door member adapted to cooperate with a fixed jamb, the parts may be reversed, so that the lock is carried by a fixed member 'and'cooperates with a movable member. Furthermore, the lock may be used for other purposes than those herein described.

I have not attempted to describe the modifications of the construction which may be adopted without departing from the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a lock for lockers and the like, the combination of a door member and a jamb member, a pin tumbler lock located in a bore in one of said members and having a key plug, a plate applied flatwise to the inner surface of said member back of said pin tumbler lock, screws supporting said pin tumbler look from said plate, a key rod connected with and extending rearwardly from said key plug through an opening in said plate, a swinging catch member mounted on the plate immediately at the rear surface thereof close to said first-named member and having non-rotative engagement with the key rod so that it is actuated thereby, the end of said catch member extending beyond the edge of said plate and being offset from the body portion of said member and engageabl'e directly with the rear face of the other of said first named members to lock the door; substantially as described.

2. In a lock for lockers and the like, the combination of a door member and a jamb member, a pin tumbler lock located in a bore in one of said members and having a key plug, a plate applied fiatwise to the rear surface of said first named member back of said pin tumbler lock, means supporting said pin tumbler look from said plate, a key rod connected with the rear end of the key plug and extending 'rearwardly beyond said plate through an opening therein, a catch member mounted immediately at the rear surface of said plate to swing on said plate and having non-rotatative but slidable engagement with the portion of the key rod which extends rcarwardly through the plate so that thelock is applicable to doors of difi erent thickness, the free end-of said catch member being extended beyond the margin of said plate and offset so as to directly engage the rear surface of the other of said pair of first mentioned members to lock the door; substantially as described.

3. In a lock for lockers and the like, the combination of door and jamb members, a pin tumbler lock mounted in one of said members and having a key plug, a key rod connected with the rear end of said key plug, a plate applied, fiatwise' to the inner face of said last named member, a swinging catch member swiveled' on said plate, said plate and catch member having openingsthrough which said key rod passes, said swinging catch member being located at the rear of said plate but having a free end portion'ofiset into the plane of the plate to engage directly the rear face of the other of .said first named members; substantially as described.

4. In a lock for lockers and the like, the a ing therein through which said key rod passes, a hub journaled in said opening and having an opening through which the key rod extends in non-rotative but slidable engagement therewith so that th e'devi'ce can be appliedto doors of different thickness, a

swinging catch arm havinga portion embraced by said hub and swiveled to said plate by means of; said hub, said catch arm having a free end portion adapted'to en;

gage the rear face of the other of said first named members, and a stop projection on the rear face of said plate for normally holding the catch arm in a substantially horizontal position; substantially as described.

5. In a lock for lockers and the like, the combination of door and jamb members, a pin tumbler lock mounted in one of said members and having a key plug, a key rod connected with said key plug and extending rearwardly therefrom, a plate applied flat wise to the inner face of the member to which said pin tumbler lock is applied, a swinging catch member swivelcd on said plate at the rear face thereof, and connected with said key rod so as to be actuated thereby, said swinging catch member having sliding non-rotative engagement with said key rod so that the lock is applicable to doors of different thickness without changing the length of the key rod, and said catch member being adapted to lock the door by directly engaging the rear face of one of said first named members with the catch member in a substantially horizontal position; substantially as described.

(3. In a lock for lockers and the like, the combination of a pin tumbler look, a base plate, screws for securing said pin tumbler lock adjustably to said base plate at the front of the latter, said pin tumbler lock having a key plug, a key rod extending rearwardly from said key plug through said plate, a hub rotatably mounted at the rear surface of said plate and having an opening therethrough through which said key rod extends in non-rotative but slidable engagement so that the lock can be applied to doors of different thickness, a catch arm extended about and fixed to said hub and connected thereby with said key rod, said catch arm located immediately at the rear of said base plate, and a stop on the rear surface of said base plate for lil'niting the movement of said catch arm; substantially as described.

7. In a lock for lockers and the like, the combination of a pin tumbler lock having a key plug, a base plate, screws for adjustablgv connecting the said pin tumbler lock with said base plate, said base plate having an opening extending therethrough, a key rod extending rearwardly from said key plug through said plate by way of said opening, a hub swivelcd on said base plate Within said opening and having slidable non-rotative engagement with said key rod, a catch member secured to said hub immediately at the rear surface of said base plate and adapted to be swung by said key red, the end of said catch arm being extended beyond the margin of said base plate and offset forwardly so that its front surface is substantially flush with the front surface rod, a plate adapted to be secured to the inner face of the door, an arm mounted to swing on said plate and having means for engaging said key rod to be actuated thereby, a stop for said arm on said plate, and another stop for said arm on said pin tumbler lock; substantially as described.

9. In a lock such as described, the combination of a pin tumbler lock having a key rod, a swinging catch arm having means to rngagc the key rod, a plate on which said catch arm is mounted, and stops for said catch arm on said plate so arranged that the lock can be applied either to a right hand door or a left hand door; substanlially as described.

10. ln a lock for lockers and the like. the combination of door and jamb members, a pin tumbler lock mounted in one of said members and having a key plug, a key rod connected with said keyplug and extending rearwardlv therefrom, a plate applied flatwise to the inner face of the member to which said pin tumbler lock is a lied, a swinging catch member swivelcd on said plate at the rear face thereof, and connected with said key rod so as to be actuated thereby. said swinging catch member adapted to lock the door by directly engaging the rear face of one of said first named members with the catch member in a substantially horizontal position, and stop means onthe plate for supporting the catch member in the normal position.

11.. In a lock for lockers and the like, the combination of a pin tumbler lock having a key plug, a plate adapted to be secured tlatwise to the rear face of a door, an arm at the rear of said plate mounted to swing thereon. screws for securing said pin tumbler lock to said plate, a key rod extending rearwardly from said key plug into opera tire relation to said swinging arm, means on the plate for supporting the arm in the locking position, and means associated with the pin tumbler lock for limiting the un locking movement of the arm.

12. In a lock such as described, the combination of a pin tumbler lock having a key rod. 11 separate plate having a swinging arm adapted to be engaged and operated by the key rod, a stop on the plate to prevent the arm from being moved out of looking Cir catch arm, a plate separate from said pin .tumbler lock, on which said catch arm is mounted, means of connection between said pin tumbler lock and said catch arm, means on said pin tumbler lock for limiting the turning of the rotary member thereof to approximately one hundred and eighty degrees, and means on said plate to limit the turning movement of said catch arm to approximately one hundred and eighty de grees; substantially as described.

14:. In a lock for lockers and the like, a pin tumbler look having a key plug, a base plate adapted to be secured to the rear sur face of the door, screws for supporting said pin tumbler lock from said base plate, said base. plate having a hole extending therethrough, a key rod connected to the key plug and extending rearwardly through said plate by way of said hole, a catch arm swiveled on said plate at the rear surface thereof in line with said hole and having non-rotative but sliding connection with the rearwardly protruding portion of said key rod so that the device may be applied to doors of different thickness, said catch arm being extended beyond the margin of said plate and having its free end offset in a for ward direction so that its front face lies substantially flush with the front face of said plate; substantially as described.

'15. Ina lock for lockers and the like, a pin tumbler lock having a key plug, a base plate adapted to be secured to the rear sur face of the door, screws for supporting said pin tumbler look from said base plate, said base plate having a hole extending therethrough, a key rod connected to the key plug and extending rearwardly through said plate by way of said hole, a catch arm swiveled on said plate at the rear surface thereofin line with said hole and having non-rotative but sliding connection with the rearwardly protruding portion of said key rod so that the device may be applied to doors of difierent thickness, said catch arm being extended beyond the margin of.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for plate adapted to support said catch arm in a substantially horizontal position; substantially as described.

16. In a lock for lockers and the like, a pin tumbler lock having a key plug, a base plate adapted to be secured to the rear surface of the door, screws for supporting said pin tumbler look from said base plate, said base plate having a hole extending therethrough, a key rod connected to-the key plug and extending rearwardly through said plate by way of said hole, a catch arm swiveled on said plate at the rear surface thereof in line with said hole and having non-rotative but sliding connection with the rearwardly protruding portion of said keyrod so that the device may be applied to doors of different thickness, said catch arm being extended beyond the margin of said.

plate and having its free end offset in a forward direction so that its front face lies substantially flush with the front face of said plate, a stop projection on said plate adapted to support said catch arm in a substantially horizontal position, and a similar stop projection on said plate at the other side of the latter whereby the lock may be applied either to a right hand door or to a left hand door; substantially as described.

17. In a lock such as described, the com bination of a pin tumbler lock having a key plug, a base plate having a swinging catch arm swiveled thereon with a forwardly offset end lying substantially flush with the front surface of the base plate, and adjust able means of connection between the key plug and catch arm; substantially as described.

18. In a lock such as described, the combination of a pin tumbler lock having a key plug, a base. plate having a catch arm swiveled thereon immediately at the rear surface thereof, adjustable means of connection between said key plug and said catch arm, stop means for the key plug associated with said pin tumbler lock, and stop means for said catch arm associated with said plate; substantially as described.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand on the 27th day of June, 1916.

- HARRY MOLDEN.

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